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  • Eras
    • Hamilton: The Workers’ City
    • The Birth of Local 5
    • From Depression to War
    • A New Era
    • Austerity and Struggle
    • The Fight Continues
    • The New Century
    • Looking Forward, Moving Ahead
  • Timeline
  • Media
    • Historical Photos
    • Video Gallery
    • 100th Anniversary 2018 Audio Clips
  • Executive Board

Historical Photos

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There was only a modest-sized workforce at RBG, but workers made a big impact and handily won their strike,1989. Courtesy of the Local 5 fonds, William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University.
Labour Day parade, 1984. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
CUPE Saskatchewan Division Convention; Grace Hartman is second from left, ca. 1976. Courtesy of CUPE National.
Striking workers picket outside city hall, 1973. Courtesy of The Hamilton Spectator Collection, Local History & Archives Department, Hamilton Public Library.
A child enthusiastically covers a Local 167 member with strike-support stickers, November 1973. Courtesy of CUPE Journal.
Labour Day parade. Mayor William Powell is in the middle and Local 5’s Bob Rose to his right, 1980. Courtesy of Ed Thomas.
On October 14, 1976, thousands of Hamilton workers joined others across the country in a general strike against wage controls that placed ceilings on private and public-sector incomes in a period of high inflation. Many of them marched on the streets and congregated outside city hall, 1976. Courtesy of The Hamilton Spectator Collection, Local History & Archives Department, Hamilton Public Library.
Local 5 membership card, ca. 1985. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
HDLC Local 167 affiliation, 1981. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
National Day of Protest against wage controls, 1981. Courtesy of CUPE National.
Street sweeper; Fred Loft is on the left side, 1982. Courtesy of Ed Thomas.
The first Local 5 annual Christmas party for members and kids; Jack Sadlick was Santa, 1982. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Local 5 Halloween Party at the Army & Navy Veterans Club, McNab and Vine Streets, 1983. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Local 5 Halloween Party at the Army & Navy Veterans Club, McNab and Vine Streets, 1983. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Hamilton Labour Day Parade, 1984. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
CUPE summer school at the United Auto Workers (now, Unifor) Education Centre in Port Elgin, Ontario, ca. 1985. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Annual family picnic, Valens Conservation Park, 1984. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Annual family picnic, Valens Conservation Park, 1984. Courtesy of CUPE Local 5167.
Local 5 members at the CUPE National Convention in Vancouver, October 1989. Left to right: James Keenarn, Ed Thomas, and Peter Wickett. Courtesy of Peter Wickett.
Rally against NAFTA, ca. 1987. Courtesy of CUPE National.
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